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Asked: 2026-05-15T12:42:39+00:00

I understand from my research that IE8 does annoying things like forcing itself into

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I understand from my research that IE8 does annoying things like forcing itself into IE7 mode for local intranet hosts and local IP ranges. I understand from a previous question that there is no way to use conditional statements as, irrespective of whether IE8 is rendering in IE8 or IE7 mode, it will still only use the <!--[if IE 8]> conditional.

Since this question was asked a while ago (during the IE8 beta phase by the looks of things) I am wondering if this has changed or if there is any other way using conditionals to determine if IE8 is in compatibility mode.

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  1. Editorial Team

    No, you can’t do it using conditionals.

    The best way to do it is to use the document.documentMode property as described in the link Pekka posted. How can I detect if IE8 is running in compatibility view?

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